13 Jay Street

Tribeca | built 1887

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1887
Grocer-turned-investor John Castree develops 13 and 15 Jay Street
John Castree, born in Ireland in 1811, built a successful grocery business at the corner of Washington and Jay streets, later moving to Hudson and North Moore streets. He then turned to real estate, insurance and banking, and belonged to the Mercantile Exchange. In 1887 he developed 13 and 15 Jay Street, with D. & J. Jardine as architects.
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
1887
D. & J. Jardine give 13 Jay Street a Romanesque Revival front with terra-cotta trim
The five-story building by D. & J. Jardine keeps its original cast-iron ground-floor piers and pressed-metal cornice. Above, the brick facade is trimmed with terra cotta and stone, with foliate spandrels linking the stories and a round-arched arcade at the top floor. The third-story stone lintels show the fading influence of the neo-Grec style.
“Continuous piers link the second and third, and fourth and fifth stories, with Romanesque Revival-inspired foliate spandrels between them.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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